Some
30,000 people filled the streets of Bunol on Wednesday to hurl 120 tons of tomatoes
at each other, the mayor's office said, in the traditional Tomatina de Bunol festival.
The festival dates back to a street fight in 1945 and is celebrated every August
when the town's 10,000 residents and around 20,000 visitors descend on Bunol to
throw tons of ripe fruit at each other.
Most of those taking part in the
organized chaos come prepared in swimwear, with some donning diving goggles and
bathing caps before six trucks drive through the town's streets pouring their
cargo of ripe fruit onto the town's streets.
After the festivities, residents
and sticky combatants joined local authorities to give the streets a thorough
hosedown.
(Agencies)
Updated: 2001-08-24 01:00
绝大多数狂欢节参加者在活动之前都会穿上泳衣，戴上潜水镜和浴帽。投掷开始前，六辆满载西红柿的卡车会将熟透的西红柿倾倒在布诺的街道上供人们狂欢。